John Penrose

John discovered an aptitude for sculpture in 1995, following retirement from a business career, and attended training courses at Edinburgh College of Art and West Dean College. He has also developed an interest in stone carving, which was inspired by a course in Tuscany at Nigel Konstam's art centre near Siena. Since then he has undertaken several commissions in limestone, mostly of birds, and started to create more abstract pieces in marble

John comes from an artistic family, including the famous surrealist Sir Roland Penrose, and is a member of Surrey Sculpture Society, Oxford Sculptors & Bicester Sculpture Group. He has exhibited widely with these and other groups and has sold his work extensively. Many editions have been sold out and John’s work can be found in private collections across the country. His depictions of animals, dancers and birds have proved very popular with a wide range of clients.

His creativity has focused primarily on figurative subjects in foundry bronze, stone and bronze resin. He enjoys both modelling and carving, particularly, in stone where the beauty of the material is so vital in the finished work.